Near-Earth Asteroid Scout

Near Earth Asteroid Scout

The Near-Earth Asteroid Scout (short: NEA-Scout ) is a planned Cubesat - solar-sail - space probe of NASA . The preliminary mission objective is a flyby of the 1991 VG asteroid . The Artemis 1 mission is expected to start in 2021 at the earliest. The flight time up to 1991 VG would be around three years, including several swing-by maneuvers on the moon .

Web links

NEA Scout nasa.gov
NASA's Near-Earth Asteroid CubeSat Goes Full Sail nasa.gov

Individual evidence

↑ Near Earth Asteroid Scout Mission lpi.usra.edu, accessed on March 26, 2018
↑ Gunter Dirk Krebs: NEA Scout. October 31, 2018, accessed December 6, 2018 .
↑ Eric Berger: NASA's large SLS rocket unlikely to fly before at least late 2021. In: Ars Technica. July 17, 2019, accessed July 17, 2019 .
↑ Alexander Sobey, Tiffany Lockett: Design and Development of NEA Scout Solar Sail Deployer Mechanism. NASA, 2016, accessed April 30, 2019 .

[1] Near Earth Asteroid Scout Mission lpi.usra.edu, accessed on March 26, 2018

[2] Gunter Dirk Krebs: NEA Scout. October 31, 2018, accessed December 6, 2018 .

[3] Eric Berger: NASA's large SLS rocket unlikely to fly before at least late 2021. In: Ars Technica. July 17, 2019, accessed July 17, 2019 .

[4] Alexander Sobey, Tiffany Lockett: Design and Development of NEA Scout Solar Sail Deployer Mechanism. NASA, 2016, accessed April 30, 2019 .